Have you ever thought about drawing your dear family, friends or lovers with your own hands, but you often feel unable to do so. After all, it is indeed not easy to draw portraits, because not only must the dynamic structure of the characters be accurately expressed, but the characters must also be painted to be both physical and spiritual. This book starts with line drawing, and teaches you to draw patiently bit by bit, and finally complete a artistic portrait. Through this kind of practice, you can master the expression method of shaping the facial features, hair and other parts of the character, and you will also understand how to draw a complete work, integrate the emotions you want to express into the brush, and then draw the character you want to express with your own hands.
The book is divided into 10 chapters: Chapter 1 introduces the tools needed to draw colored pencil figures such as colored pencils, drawing paper, erasers, pencil sharpeners, paper erasers, high-gloss pigments, etc. And their usage recommendations; Chapter 2 focuses on the use of colored pencils and drawing techniques for colored pencil drawings, including pen holding posture, drawing lines, flat painting, gradients, overlapping colors, etc.; Chapter 3 specifically explains the related skills of sketching, including the use of geometric objects, in order to better use colored pencils for painting. It summarizes the body shape, light and shade expression, composition rules, perspective principles, five major tones, lightening line drawing and other techniques; Chapters 4 to 9 provide detailed explanations on the drawing of the character's eyebrows, nose, lips, ears, hair, facial proportions and body proportions respectively; Chapter 10 is a detailed explanation of 8 colored lead figure drawing cases, with a summary of drawing key points and a teaching video that can be viewed by scanning the QR code to help readers better learn how to draw colored lead figures.
This book is not only suitable for painting beginners, colored lead painting enthusiasts, and portrait painting enthusiasts to learn from, but can also be used as a training material for relevant schools and art education institutions.
Reader comments
The content in the book is very detailed, with specific explanations on the drawing of each part, especially the depiction of facial features and hair, which is very practical. There are also detailed case explanations and instructional videos, which are very helpful for painting beginners like me. I feel that as long as you follow this book and practice, you will be able to draw the character portraits you want. Recommended to friends who like to draw!
The content in the book is very detailed, with specific explanations on the drawing of each part, especially the depiction of facial features and hair, which is very practical. There are also detailed case explanations and instructional videos, which are very helpful for painting beginners like me. I feel that as long as you follow this book and practice, you will be able to draw the character portraits you want. Recommended to friends who like to draw!